Multiple Protests of New U of Iowa President
In a rare move of coordinated reproof, leaders of the faculty governance bodies of eight Big Ten universities are rallying around their counterparts at the University of Iowa -- decrying the lack of...
View ArticleThe End of Science 'Permadocs'?
The number of postdoctoral fellows in biology and biomedical sciences declined for the first time in more than 30 years, according to a new paper in The FASEB Journal, a publication of the Federation...
View ArticleU of Florida Cancels Huge Pearson Contract
The University of Florida on Wednesday announced that it is terminating a huge 11-year deal for Pearson to build and manage the university's online programs. The announcement came in an internal email...
View ArticleU of California Plans to Admit More In-State Students
Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California system, said Wednesday that she will soon release a plan to significantly increase the number of California residents admitted to UC...
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BREAKING: Florida A&M President Narrowly Avoids Being Fired
The board of Florida A&M University voted at a hastily called special meeting not to fire Elmira Mangum (right) as president. Mangum has been in office for only a year at the historically black...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Dislike Button
Today on the Academic Minute, Felicity Duncan, assistant professor of communications at Cabrini College, explains why changing demographics are altering Facebook’s stance. Learn more about the Academic...
View Article$100 Million Gift for Northwestern Law School
Northwestern University on Thursday announced a $100 million gift for its law school from an alumnus, J. B. Pritzker, and his wife, M. K. Pritzker. The law school will be renamed in their...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Question Probation of U of Phoenix by Pentagon
Three Senate Republicans on Thursday wrote to the U.S. Department of Defense to question its recent decision to temporarily suspend the University of Phoenix's eligibility for military tuition...
View ArticlePaul Smith's College Gift, Name Change Dropped
Paul Smith's College will not appeal a court ruling that refused to allow the college to change its name in honor of the donor of a potential $20 million gift.The college wanted to change its name to...
View ArticleMedical School Applicants, Enrollments Are Up
The number of students enrolling in medical schools has hit an all-time high of 20,630, a 25 percent increase since 2002. That figure and many others were released today in a report by the Association...
View Article1 Killed, 2 Injured in Shooting at Tennessee State
One person was killed Thursday night and two others were injured in a shooting at Tennessee State University, the Associated Press reported. The shootings come a week after three students (not all from...
View ArticleMajor Delay in Obtaining ACT Scores
Students and colleges are being told by ACT that test scores from September are delayed because of high volume of test takers and because of longer scoring time for a new writing test. Students and...
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Debate Over Jefferson Statue at U of Missouri
Students at the University of Missouri at Columbia are debating the appropriateness of a statue of Thomas Jefferson on campus. A petition was recently created urging the removal of the statue. The...
View ArticlePWC to Help New Hires Pay Off Debt
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the large auditing and professional services company, has created a program to help its new hires pay off their student debt. The company, which hires up to 12,000 recent...
View ArticleCampus Equity Week 2015
Campus Equity Week, an annual week of events to draw attention to the treatment of non-tenure-track faculty members, kicks off today. A list of some of the activities -- including film viewings, panel...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Criticize Nonprofit Conversions
A group of Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a letter Friday to Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen urging them to stop for-profit colleges from...
View ArticleBowdoin Will End Award in Name of Jefferson Davis
Bowdoin College has announced that it is ending an award named for Jefferson Davis that since 1972 has been given annually to a student or students excelling in constitutional law. The award, a cash...
View ArticleWashington State U Will Help Low-Income Students Save
Washington State University has announced a new program to help low-income students save money and, officials hope, finish college. Up to 85 low-income students a year will be enrolled in a program in...
View ArticleGOP Lawmakers Slam CFPB Probe Involving Accreditation
The Republican chairmen of the U.S. House and Senate education committees on Friday blasted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent demand for records from a national accrediting agency,...
View ArticleStudy: Who Teaches MOOCs?
The average instructor of a massive open online course is most likely to be a white man in his 50s with two decades of experience in academe but none in online education, according to a study by...
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